The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected hemorrhoids warrant a noncompensable evaluation prior to August 13, 2012 and a 10 percent evaluation from that date forward.
The deciding factor: VA examinations conducted in March 2007 and February 2012 did not indicate large thrombotic or irreducible hemorrhoids with excessive redundant tissue, which would warrant a 10% evaluation under Diagnostic Code 7336. The Veteran's symptoms were described as mild to moderate.
- Claimed conditions
- left shoulder disability, lumbar spine disability, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, acquired psychiatric disorder (depression and PTSD), asthma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- February 12, 2015
- Citation
- 1506629
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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